Panel discussion: Thursday 22 March 2007
Ellen Curlee Gallery
Beyond Realism? Digital Photography Now
A Panel Discussion with:
Elijah Gowin
Artist and Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jamie Kreher
Artist and adjunct faculty at St. Louis Community College
John Nagel
Artist and Director for the Center for Visual Technology at St. Louis Community College
David A. Parker
Artist (currently on view at EC Gallery's exhibition Free Rein/Full Play: New Chicago Photography) and
adjunct faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Thursday, March 22, 2007
6:30 pm
Technology has blurred the line between the photograph as a document of some sort of reality and a pure work
of art. The trend is to make photographs that go beyond the modernist ideas, which were fine art representations of reality seen in the work by Alfred Stieglitz or Edward Steichen. Even beyond post-modernism, photographs depicted a degraded reality influenced by popular culture such as in the work of Cindy Sherman or Richard Prince. Photographers are now turning to more idiosyncratic modes of working, expressing dissatisfaction with the limitations of making and displaying photographs. Technology has enabled art photography to develop a new pictorial style and vocabulary. Computers are making unprecedented aesthetic experiences possible by revolutionizing the way that art is conceived, created and perceived. Given all of these exciting developments, the photograph is still seen as a document. Any alterations are approached cynically, even changes created as a matter of course in the digital darkroom. The aim of this discussion is to de-mystify these new methods and address and explore the various ways by which art photography is expressed today.
Seating is limited; RSVP to 314.241.1299
Program will start promptly at 6:30 pm. Join us afterwards for a glass of wine!
1308A Washington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Beyond Realism? Digital Photography Now
A Panel Discussion with:
Elijah Gowin
Artist and Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jamie Kreher
Artist and adjunct faculty at St. Louis Community College
John Nagel
Artist and Director for the Center for Visual Technology at St. Louis Community College
David A. Parker
Artist (currently on view at EC Gallery's exhibition Free Rein/Full Play: New Chicago Photography) and
adjunct faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Thursday, March 22, 2007
6:30 pm
Technology has blurred the line between the photograph as a document of some sort of reality and a pure work
of art. The trend is to make photographs that go beyond the modernist ideas, which were fine art representations of reality seen in the work by Alfred Stieglitz or Edward Steichen. Even beyond post-modernism, photographs depicted a degraded reality influenced by popular culture such as in the work of Cindy Sherman or Richard Prince. Photographers are now turning to more idiosyncratic modes of working, expressing dissatisfaction with the limitations of making and displaying photographs. Technology has enabled art photography to develop a new pictorial style and vocabulary. Computers are making unprecedented aesthetic experiences possible by revolutionizing the way that art is conceived, created and perceived. Given all of these exciting developments, the photograph is still seen as a document. Any alterations are approached cynically, even changes created as a matter of course in the digital darkroom. The aim of this discussion is to de-mystify these new methods and address and explore the various ways by which art photography is expressed today.
Seating is limited; RSVP to 314.241.1299
Program will start promptly at 6:30 pm. Join us afterwards for a glass of wine!
1308A Washington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
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